Re: [PATCH] Fix ECC error counting for AMD76x chipset, char/ecc.c driver

Dave Jones
2005-12-05T18:47:18Z

On Mon, Dec 05, 2005 at 10:26:21AM -0800, Bryce Nesbitt wrote:
> Summary:
> * Patch is relevant to driver "char/ecc.c", for the AMD76x Athlon chipset.
>
> * Note: this module is often not installed by default: do "modprobe ecc"
> then "cat /proc/ram" to check your ECC memory for detected soft errors.
> * Patch is against Linux-2.6.13, the last kernel I could find with ecc.c
> * Tabs suck.
>
> I am an infrequent contributor, and did not find a matching entry in the
> ./MAINTAINERS file. Please help me to understand the proper procedure
> for submitting this patch. I understand that perhaps ecc.c is changing
> soon. So maybe it's not the most important patch, but it does fix a
> real bug, and is quite simple.

drivers/char/ecc.c only lives in various vendor kernels.

you may want to check if your patch is relevant to the edac
code present in -mm though.

Dave